Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix misdiagnosed as cystic hydatid disease of the liver: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix misdiagnosed as cystic hydatid disease of the liver a case report Andreas Krieg1 Jan Schulte am Esch 2nd1 Ludger W Poll2 Stefan Braunstein3 and Wolfram T Knoefel 1 Address Department of General and Visceral Surgery Heinrich Heine-University Duesseldorf Germany institute of Diagnostic Radiology Heinrich Heine-University Duesseldorf Germany and institute of Pathology Heinrich Heine-University Duesseldorf Germany Email Andreas Krieg - Jan Schulte am Esch - LudgerW Poll - lpoll@ Stefan Braunstein - braunstein@ Wolfram T Knoefel - knoefel@ Corresponding author Published 25 June 2008 Received 23 July 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 218 doi 1752-1947-2-218 Accepted 25 June 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 218 2008 Krieg et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Primary neoplastic lesions presenting with a mucocele of the appendix are very rare and can be divided into benign variants of mucinous adenomas or cystadenomas mucinous tumours of uncertain malignant potential or mucinous cystadenocarcinomas. Most of these tumourous mucoceles are asymptomatic and are found incidentally. The major complication of neoplastic mucinous appendiceal tumours is the development of a pseudomyxoma peritonei due to spreading of mucin-producing cells within the abdominal cavity. Case presentation A 44-year-old man presented with a history of non-specific symptoms of right upper abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasound and .
